After coming off a tough loss at home on Friday night, the Comets took to their home court once again on Saturday to face off against the Waldorf University Warriors. Waldorf proved to be the battle for the Comets, taking it to 5 sets to decide a winner with the Comets coming out on top in the end. 

The game was close in the beginning, as the two teams knotted it up at 5 and 7 points. The Warriors would then go on a 4-0 run to force a timeout from MSU. Another 6-3 run by Waldorf would cause the Comets to once again call a timeout and get themselves resettled. They were being rattled a bit by Waldorf's Kyra Platzek, who had 3 kills in that collective 10-3 run from the tie at 7. The Comets would turn to their big hitters of Cassidy Miller and Victoria Johnson to help lift them out of the hole with Miller getting 2 kills and Johnson collecting 3 more. It got the Comets to within 2 points at 22 to 24. The Warriors were able to finish off the first set with a 25-22 win after a Savana Cordle kill. 

In Set #2, it was a different ending and story, as the Comets took control very early with an 8-0 stretch to start things off and never looked back in the set. A series of 4 straight attack errors from the Warriors had them offset for a while in that 8 point run. The Comets were able to keep the pressure up with more kills from their front row and saw the Warriors offense continue to find their stride, as MSU ran away with Set #2 in a 25-13 affair.

The Warriors were able to regroup for Set #3 and put up a solid challenge for the Comets. The Warriors lead was only as large as 3 points until the Comets were able to knot it up at 16. Natalie Hadrava for the Comets was finding her groove in this set, as she helped the Comets tie it up with four kills of her own. MSU took a small lead at 19-17, but Kyra Platzek was the hot hitter to turn to for the Warriors, getting 6 kills to help lift Waldorf over the Comets in the end, 25-21. 

For the fourth set of the game, the Comets took control again early like they did in the second set, building up a 8-5 lead and forcing a Warrior timeout.  They would extend that lead to 6 on a 5-2 run after Victoria Johnson brought down the hammer on 3 straight kills, causing another timeout to be called by Waldorf.  The Comets would keep that lead with a strong, balanced attack from Kiana Johnson and Natalie Hadrava, finishing off the Warriors in a 25-17 score to take it to the fifth and final set in the match.

The last set would be very tense on both sides, as it crawled along with 6 ties. MSU jumped out to a 10-6 lead and forced 2 timeouts from the Warriors along the way. The Warriors fought back to come within 2 to make it a 13-11 Comets lead, but a kill from Cassidy Miller and a service ace from Jayden Warner was enough for the Comets to take the victory, 15-11, and the match as well. 

For the Comets, Head Coach Lindsey Johnson felt they fought the ups and downs of the game well and found a way to stay strong until the end. "I thought that we started out a little slow today. But came back strong in Set #2. There were a lot of ups and downs in this match, but it was nice to see the kids fight to the end and get the win!"

Game leaders for the Comets included Victoria Johnson with 18 kills, followed by Natalie Hadrava with 14 and Cassidy Miller with 10.  Jana Mehus had a stellar day with 56 assists for the Comets. In Digs, Jayden Warner led the squad with 37, while Mason Hart had 13 and Jana Mehus recorded a double-double day with 10 digs as well. Victoria Johnson had 7 blocks to lead the team and Cassidy Miller had 4. 

For the Warriors, Kyra Platzek had a game-high 28 kills, followed up by Savana Cordle with 14. Setter Elisabeth Tramm had 59 assists for a game-high as well. The Warriors had 5 players in double figures for Digs: Adreanna Vetter with 31, Kelley Sederquest with 15, Channing Manske with 14, Kyra Platzek with 12 and Elisabeth Tramm with 11. Platzek and Tramm had double-double efforts in the contest. 

The Comets split their conference games on the weekend, but picked up their first conference win to move to 1-2 in the North Star Athletic Association, and 10-8 overall. Their next action picks up on Sept 28th at Bellevue University at 7 p.m. and on Sept 29th at noon against Dakota State University.